Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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